The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-25

Laolreya rRlmed on a. NpblemFn--BeFrg
wall areaks Up the Sport,

Rnltincre American.
W4sAtgoTog, NOV, I There tf9 !, four q
i've uudeg from New York at Weii-khoWn
hotel III this city They have made q con.
siderable spluFae al tho races cecil Gay, and
the leader, Of udurge, Is Henry Wall. AHchol
these young men has his Nal8t Wltn BIN, anu
occupy sutt9QI apartments ~ ttie esoIs-
7nia hotel which az. quite pTSs@ aud TO
moved from the public part OF the liotse-
Thaothef night when Nj. We'll Was az the
theatre with some friends, the rest o. Inc
party concluded 70 have some tun, 1hey
were ncgunilted with two Young sRdies who
live here, and afe not nyerse to taking supper
with such W6ll-inogYn dulles o. coz posed the
party in fact who are willing g SUP W lR5el
any invitation is given to o repAat at tiiat
hotel. The four New Workers. then informed
their Wallets that thBy expected them 60 play
g part In 8 little scheme that evening. YOU
are 10 pretend that you are English lerGBl
and when these ladies come yOu are to take
them to supper, order anything y0u want
and charge 1t to rs,
Berry Wallis valet was IN the scheme and
that evening at the appointed time the ser
wants appeared in their dRysRD-to= meet-
ing clothes, arrayed exactly Ike their mas
tRFa, who think by putting on outlHndleh
elOthps and nonsenRical ways, that they hr6
the faC-similea of the nobie1lAn of England;
when, in fact, they only represent T1dlou-
lous class Of Americans who nave no proto-
type IN England.
dncsd their Wallets as Lord SD-and-Soh and
'tDuke ThiR-afd- IhEt, " and the girls were
delighted. Like q great many females in TINS
country title caught them - TO nse slang
expression, and they Immediately began e
pav all attention to the supposed '.hngligh
lords Finally, the ,fords'i invited the
girls to supper. The table had bs6n set in
the adjoining room, and the dudes had re-
tired to another 10 enjoy the sport Inc
Wallets being Jeff alone began to order VINE IN
EmOst lavish manner, Flld once or FHlce the
New Workers were on the point Of stopping
the whole performance, when they no1ced
the rate at which the waiter brought mp the
pOmmerey Sec; but an interruption came ia
far different manner.
The theatre was ont, and His Majesty the
King OF the Dudes, having seen his lady
friends home, returned to the hotel He en-
tered the banquet hall, and the lights to-
gether with the chatter Of the voices, some
what daZed him fer an instant, but he soon
recovered himself, and the first person his
eyes fell upon was his valet james, ssated at
damsels looking ut him in most enchanting
manner. This Was too much Tor Berry and
in his most commanding voice shouted ont;
''Jamesi"
The unfortunate James heard the voice he
knew So we'll and habit gained the mastery
over him. He sprang 10 his feet, mp went
his baud to his head with jerk characteristic
Of his class and lie exclaimed;
Yes, sir"
Come here, " said Mr.. Wall" Take my
OverCoat.'
The poor Lord James" was obliged to
leave the side Of his fair companion and
walked over rather Rheepishly to MIR, Wall,
and taking his dripping coat, for it wac ram
i-lE outside, marched of to his apartment,
Tho other Wallets we're somewhat Disconnected
by this incident, and q roar Of laughter from
the next room brought tho girls 10 a reaiI2a-
case. The scene that followed is better i'm
agIued than described.